DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59638

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-59638
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59638.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59638
Upstream
Published
2026-08-03T01:16:43.543Z
Modified
2026-08-04T08:47:35.530538610Z
Severity
  • 9.3 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Amber CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, JSSE hostname verifier CN-fallback enabled by default despite documented opt-in. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bctls-fips 1.0.24 (1.0.X series), 2.0.24 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.24 (2.1.X series).

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / bouncycastle

Package

Name
bouncycastle
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bouncycastle?arch=source&distro=bullseye

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.68-2
1.68-3
1.68-4
1.68-5
1.69-1
1.71-1
1.72-1
1.72-2
1.77-1
1.80-1
1.80-2
1.80-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59638.json"

Debian:12 / bouncycastle

Package

Name
bouncycastle
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bouncycastle?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.72-2
1.77-1
1.80-1
1.80-2
1.80-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59638.json"

Debian:13 / bouncycastle

Package

Name
bouncycastle
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bouncycastle?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.80-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59638.json"

Debian:14 / bouncycastle

Package

Name
bouncycastle
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bouncycastle?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.80-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59638.json"